| Icon | Software type | Name / Debian packages |
Windows version | Training | File types |
Similar software |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Web browser | iceweasel (aka firefox) |
 MS |
IceweaselHelp | .html .swf .jav .pdf .jnlp | Internet Explorer |
 |
Office suite | openoffice .org |
MS |
Office help | .xls .doc .ppt .txt .rtf .mdb | Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access |
 |
Media player | vlc | MS |
manual |
.mpeg .mp3 .pls .ram .avi .wav .wma .wmx .m3u .ogg .mov .mp4 .avi .wmv | Media Player, Quicktime |
 |
Image editor | gimp | MS |
GimpHelp | .jpeg .tiff .gif .png .bmp .eps | Photoshop |
 |
Desktop publishing | scribus-ng | MS |
ScribusHelp | .jpeg .pdf | Publisher |
 |
Email client | icedove (aka thunderbird) |
MS |
manual |
.txt .html .eml | Outlook, Outlook Express |
 |
Instant messenger | pidgin | MS |
manual |
n.a. | MSN Messenger, Yahoo Instant Messenger, Gadu-Gadu |
 |
Audio editor | audacity | MS |
manual |
.wav .mp3 .aiff .au | Cool Edit, Wavelab |
 |
Video editor | kino, kinoplus, kino- dvtitler, kino-timfx |
No MS |
manual |
.mpeg .avi | imovie |
An up to date version of this document (with links to help guides) can be found at http://www.bristolwireless.net/wiki/index.php/SoftwareGuide
This table contains information about some software we like. It is all open source and included in our installs of Debian Linux.
For more free software look at our extra software page.
You may want to try Debian GNU/Linux
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